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SWEAT PAD FASTENER. No. 367,423. f Patented Aug. 2, 1887.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. MENDENHALL, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

SWEAT-PAD FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed March 30, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, J OI-IN O. MENDENHALL, of Indianapolis, county ofMarion, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sweat-Pad Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer tolike parts.

My invention relates to the construction of devices for holdingsweat-pads in place under harness collars and hames, and will beunderstood from the following description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of the lower end of apad with my device riveted thereto. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal sectionthrough the collar, pad, hame, and my fastening device when all theparts are in proper position for use. Fig. 3 is a top view of my device,and Fig. 4 is an edge view of the same.

The pad 1) is made, in the usual manner, of canvas-stuffed with hair andstitched through.

The fastener consists of a leather strap, Z, one end of which is riveteddirectly to the pad, the other end forming a straight and stiffprojection, 12, that has a double usenamely, it provides a seat for thehame h, preventing it from wearing the collar, and at the same timemaking a firm bearing, upon which the hame rests when in position, asshown in Fig. 2. This projection also forms a handle for lifting thefastener up from over the rim of the collar which it clasps, and bymeans of which the parts can be readily and quickly separated by thedriver. The fastener, as has been said, consists of a flexible leatherstrap, Z, and from a point just above the pad and around to about thepoint where the hame would touch the strap a metal band, m, (preferablyof steel,) is placed, forming astiff' backing, and the leather beneathconforms to the curved shape which the metal plate is formed to take andforms a sort of loop, which is intended to be slippedover the smallerrim of the collar, as shownin Fig. 2. When thus slipped over the collar,

' and the hame set in place, its under side rests upon the top of theprojection 19, and all parts are firmly bound together and held in placewhen the hame is buckled.

I am aware that sweat-pad fastenings are not new, and that straps andsprings have been used in various ways for holding the pad to the PatentNo.367,423, dated August 2,1887.

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collar; but none of these present the features of the device shown inthe present application. In some cases metal springs have been used andfastened to a sort of wire-loop hinge provided with eyes, through whichrivets are passed, fastening the hinged section to the pad, and a metalstrap or spring is connected with this hinge, which slips over the rimof the collar; but the metal spring abrades and wears away the collar,and the manner of connecting it to the pad by eyes is objectionable, aslikely to pull out or tear away, and no handle is provided with suchspring for lifting the loop over the collar-ri m to get it out of theway. Again, where the spring is riveted directly to the pad, a peculiarstrain is brought upon the springband about a half-inch above where itis riveted, and it commonly breaks off at that point. I remedy thisobjection and difficulty'by making the fastening mainly of a flexibleband or strap of leather, which is riveted directly to the pad, andforms a safe and fiexiblejointat any point beyond the rivets, which willnot break, like steel springs, while I re-enforce these straps at allpoints along the curve of the loop by a metal band, which is notallowedto rest upon or to touch the collar at any point, it being lined, as itwere, by the leather fastening which is beneath it. Again, the metalpart of my device stops short of the projection 12, which is long enoughto make a-flat and elastic seat for the hame, keeping it from wearingand chafing the collar, and when the hame is removed this bearing partprovides a handle for lifting the loop of the spring over the rim of thecollar. These peculiar features of my invention render it advantageousover others in the respects mentioned.

I do not broadly claim the use of straps or springs for fastenings forsweat pads, but only the peculiar construction herein. described,combining the valuable features of both strap and spring in a new anduseful manner not heretofore known.

Vhat I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is the following:

1. The sweat-pad fastener composed of the leather strap Z, having themetal backing an over the central port-ion, forming a springloop toencircle the forc-roll of the collar, and the leather extension 1),which provides a yielding seat for the hame when the latter is in position, andahandle when thehanieis removed, the latter secured at oneend to the pad 1), in the whole secured at one end to the pad 1),subcombination with such pad, substantially as stantially as described.described. 2. The sweat-pad fastener composed of the In witness whereofI have hereunto set my 5 leather strap Z, having the metal backing mhand this 26th day of March, 1887.

over the central portion, forming a springloop encircling the fore-rollof the collar, and JOHN MENDENHALL' a leather extension, 19, whichprovides a yield- Vitnesses:

ing seat for the hame when thelatter is in po- C. P. JACOBS, :0 sition,and ahandle when the hame is removed, E. B. GRIFFITH.

